diff --git a/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.test.ts b/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.test.ts
index a57261db8110..93b3a22c9b09 100644
--- a/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ const invocationJobsSummaryById = {
 // Mock the invocation store to return the expected invocation data given the invocation ID
 jest.mock("@/stores/invocationStore", () => {
     const originalModule = jest.requireActual("@/stores/invocationStore");
-    const mockFetchInvocationForId = jest.fn();
+    const mockFetchInvocationForId = jest.fn().mockImplementation((fetchParams) => {
+        if (fetchParams.id === "error-invocation") {
+            throw new Error("User does not own specified item.");
+        }
+    });
     const mockFetchInvocationJobsSummaryForId = jest.fn();
     return {
         ...originalModule,
@@ -106,8 +110,8 @@ describe("WorkflowInvocationState check invocation and job terminal states", ()
         const wrapper = await mountWorkflowInvocationState(invocationData.id);
         expect(isInvocationAndJobTerminal(wrapper)).toBe(true);
 
-        // Neither the invocation nor the jobs summary should be fetched for terminal invocations
-        assertInvocationFetched(0);
+        // Invocation is fetched once and the jobs summary isn't fetched at all for terminal invocations
+        assertInvocationFetched(1);
         assertJobsSummaryFetched(0);
     });
 
@@ -115,17 +119,23 @@ describe("WorkflowInvocationState check invocation and job terminal states", ()
         const wrapper = await mountWorkflowInvocationState("not-fetched-invocation");
         expect(isInvocationAndJobTerminal(wrapper)).toBe(false);
 
-        // Both, the invocation and jobs summary should be fetched once if the invocation is not in the store
+        // Invocation is fetched once and the jobs summary is then never fetched if the invocation is not in the store
         assertInvocationFetched(1);
-        assertJobsSummaryFetched(1);
+        assertJobsSummaryFetched(0);
+
+        // expect there to be an alert for the missing invocation
+        const alert = wrapper.find("balert-stub");
+        expect(alert.attributes("variant")).toBe("info");
+        const span = alert.find("span");
+        expect(span.text()).toBe("Invocation not found.");
     });
 
     it("determines that invocation is not terminal with non-terminal state", async () => {
         const wrapper = await mountWorkflowInvocationState("non-terminal-id");
         expect(isInvocationAndJobTerminal(wrapper)).toBe(false);
 
-        // Only the invocation should be fetched for non-terminal invocations
-        assertInvocationFetched(1);
+        // Only the invocation is fetched for non-terminal invocations; once for the initial fetch and then for the polling
+        assertInvocationFetched(2);
         assertJobsSummaryFetched(0);
     });
 
@@ -133,10 +143,24 @@ describe("WorkflowInvocationState check invocation and job terminal states", ()
         const wrapper = await mountWorkflowInvocationState("non-terminal-jobs");
         expect(isInvocationAndJobTerminal(wrapper)).toBe(false);
 
-        // Only the jobs summary should be fetched, not the invocation since it is in scheduled/terminal state
-        assertInvocationFetched(0);
+        // Only the jobs summary should be polled, the invocation is initially fetched only since it is in scheduled/terminal state
+        assertInvocationFetched(1);
         assertJobsSummaryFetched(1);
     });
+
+    it("determines that errored invocation fetches are handled correctly", async () => {
+        const wrapper = await mountWorkflowInvocationState("error-invocation");
+        expect(isInvocationAndJobTerminal(wrapper)).toBe(false);
+
+        // Invocation is fetched once and the jobs summary isn't fetched at all for errored invocations
+        assertInvocationFetched(1);
+        assertJobsSummaryFetched(0);
+
+        // expect there to be an alert for the handled error
+        const alert = wrapper.find("balert-stub");
+        expect(alert.attributes("variant")).toBe("danger");
+        expect(alert.text()).toBe("User does not own specified item.");
+    });
 });
 
 describe("WorkflowInvocationState check 'Report' tab disabled state", () => {
diff --git a/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.vue b/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.vue
index 002ba22ed833..b1e590cd203d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/WorkflowInvocationState/WorkflowInvocationState.vue
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ useAnimationFrameResizeObserver(scrollableDiv, ({ clientSize, scrollSize }) => {
 });
 
 const invocation = computed(() =>
-    !initialLoading.value
+    !initialLoading.value && !errorMessage.value
         ? (invocationStore.getInvocationById(props.invocationId) as WorkflowInvocationElementView)
         : null
 );
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         }
     } catch (e) {
         errorMessage.value = errorMessageAsString(e);
+    } finally {
+        initialLoading.value = false;
     }
 });
 
@@ -274,10 +276,13 @@ function getWorkflowName() {
             </BTab>
         </BTabs>
     </div>
+    <BAlert v-else-if="initialLoading" variant="info" show>
+        <LoadingSpan message="Loading invocation" />
+    </BAlert>
     <BAlert v-else-if="errorMessage" variant="danger" show>
         {{ errorMessage }}
     </BAlert>
     <BAlert v-else variant="info" show>
-        <LoadingSpan message="Loading invocation" />
+        <span v-localize>Invocation not found.</span>
     </BAlert>
 </template>